If a Firm Increases Its Output and Its Average Cost

question 164

Multiple Choice

If a firm increases its output and its average cost decreases,the firm is experiencing which of the following?

• A) increasing marginal returns
• B) diseconomies of scale
• C) economies of scale
• D) random luck
• E) decreasing cost of marginal returns

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